February 6, 2023
Think Energy, LLC announced the launch of the newly rebranded ThinkEnergy.com and multiple new sales channels including a customer referral program called the Free Energy Club and a network marketing sales channel called Think+.
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January 31, 2023
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. has filed comments with the Connecticut PURA stating that certain statements made in a recent motion from PURA's Office of Education, Outreach and Enforcement (EOE), concerning what entities may permissibly enroll customers, may require additional clarification.
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January 26, 2023
The Office of Education, Outreach and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s (Authority) sought clarification regarding suppliers’ use of entities to facilitate customer enrollments, as EOE said that third-party websites may not enroll customers unless such…
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January 20, 2023
Mega Energy New England, LLC is selling its Massachusetts commercial customer book, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing in Connecticut
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January 19, 2023
CSD Energy Advisors, a Texas-based energy management solutions provider, announced that it has further expanded into the national retail energy market with the acquisition of New York-based Novo Energy Services, a broker, energy consulting, and advisory firm operating out of New York City, Cape Cod…
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January 16, 2023
Poll Shows Customer Desire For Choice
The Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) filed in Connecticut a report, which included recent customer polling data, which REAL said, "definitively demonstrates that retail electric supplier products in Connecticut are not 'overpriced' or 'harmful'."
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January 13, 2023
Start-up Energy Zebra LLC applied for Ohio electric and natural gas broker licenses to serve all customer classes in all service areas
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January 11, 2023
The New Hampshire investor-owned electric utilities have proposed new purchase of receivables programs, in response to recent state law and PUC rulemaking
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January 6, 2023
Regulator's Staff Says Force Majeure Does Not Apply, Seeks To Require Supplier To Provide Any Price Benefit (Versus SOS) To Affected Customers For Contract's Duration
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January 5, 2023
Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) formally announced the launch of its retail energy platform, CPV Retail Energy, which will initially serve as a retail electric provider for commercial and industrial customers in states within the PJM market, and eventually expand into New York and New England.
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January 4, 2023
Procurements Would Be Subject To New Price Benchmark Revised Default Service Rate Periods To Lower Prices Regulator, "Committed To Exploring Any Opportunity To Mitigate [Rate] Increases"
The Massachusetts DPU has opened a new investigation into the procurement and pricing of electricity basic service (default service), and set forth a straw proposal, "for ways in which the Department could consider modifying its existing basic service procurement and pricing policies to better serve…
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January 3, 2023
Regulator: Retail Supplier Management Has "Obligation" To Ensure Accurate, Non-Deceptive Information To Customers Regarding Offer Terms
Telesales Agents Engaging With Customers Must Be "Fully Conversant" In Consumer Protections Governing Retail Energy, Regulator Says
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December 27, 2022
The Connecticut PURA issued a notice stating that revised RPS rules, which include a new requirement that retail electric suppliers must maintain separate security specific to their RPS obligations, have completed the administrative process.
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December 19, 2022
Utility Customer Lists Provided To Muni Aggregators Are Not "Mass Marketing Lists", Regulator Stresses
On rehearing, the Massachusetts DPU affirmed its prior finding that customer lists provided to municipal aggregations are limited to those customers who are eligible for opt-out aggregation, and therefore the lists shall not include competitive retail customers who are shopping.
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December 19, 2022
Mega Energy of New England, LLC (Mega) would pay $150,000 under a settlement with the Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority) to resolve alleged deficiencies with respect to RPS filings and various annual compliance…
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December 13, 2022
Energywell, LLC ("Energywell") formally announced the previously reported completion of its acquisition of ENGIE Retail, LLC d/b/a Think Energy ("Think Energy"), plus the signing of a Preferred Supplier Agreement with ENGIE Energy Marketing North America, Inc. ("ENGIE Energy Marketing").
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December 13, 2022
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority denied a motion from the Retail Energy Advancement League ('REAL') which had asked that PURA close PURA's current investigation into whether retail supplier offers are just and reasonable, as REAL had said that, "the current market confirms that…
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December 13, 2022
The default service (energy service) rate for the Small customer group at Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) d/b/a Eversource Energy is set to fall about 10% for the six-month period beginning February 1, 2023
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December 12, 2022
Utility Had Sought To Pass-Through Costs, With Estimates Used In Rate Setting (With Reconciliation Nonbypassable)
The Massachusetts DPU denied a petition from National Grid which had sought to exclude the responsibility for costs resulting from the ISO New England Mystic Cost of Service Agreement from electricity basic service (default service) bids, with bidders instead passing through to National Grid their…
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December 7, 2022
Freepoint Solar LLC ("Freepoint Solar"), the solar energy development affiliate of Freepoint Commodities LLC ("Freepoint Commodities") and retail supplier Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC ("Freepoint Solutions"), today announced that it has commenced residential and small commercial solar service for…
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December 5, 2022
The Connecticut PURA directed Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) to cease implementation of CL&P's plan to streamline the process for hardship customers to opt into electric choice, which requires that such customers forfeit their hardship status
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December 1, 2022
The Retail Energy Advancement League ('REAL') requested that the Connecticut PURA Authority close PURA's current investigation into whether retail supplier offers are just and reasonable, "as the current market confirms that there can be no proof that electric supplier products are overpriced or…
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November 29, 2022
Provision For Expected Credit Loss Increases By 469%
Just Energy Group Inc. reported results for the quarter ending September 30, 2022 (second fiscal quarter)
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November 28, 2022
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) informed the Connecticut PURA that it plans to streamline the process for hardship customers to opt into electric choice, which requires that such customers forfeit their hardship status
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November 28, 2022
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA requested that PURA issue a Notice of Violation and Assessment of a Civil Penalty (NOV), in the amount of $124,000, against Mega Energy of New England, LLC (Mega or Company) for Mega's alleged failure to timely make…
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